Suicide bombings frustrate Canadians in Afghanistan

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=0d9ce329-c842-4661-a580-14b0f3119515

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Deaths of two Canadian soldiers in a suicide car bombing have left their comrades frustrated, while Canadian Forces continue to use the stretch of road where the bomber struck.

[Canuckistanian]

1. I don't know what the Hell we're doing there

This sure ain't a peacekeeping mission, and we're not protecting anyone's "freedom".

We're barely holding back the Taliban (some say we're losing ground) and life is not improving for the average Afghani. It's same shit, different assholes for them.

And the #1 reason we can't get a break is that the US has almost permanently screwed western-Muslim relations with the torture and bombings.

Face it, the west can do no good there any more.

Time to get out, regroup, ask the UN for help.

Anything.

[hopeisaplace]

2. I agree, I have this very bad sinking feeling lately

...something like, it's all falling apart. I hate these feelings.
I hope there is some common sense somewhere. But when my nearly 80 year
old mother-in-law starts talking to me politically about the suffering,
and dieing, and about * being heartless...I know it's bad. It's not a topic
we get into. I never feel confident that she could handle "the truth". But
when she brings up these issues to me, I really worry.